The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-17
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convened here on Monday, with Judge
Joseph J. Norton presiding. All Of
Monday m6ruing was consumed in call
ing Witnesses and organizing, but when
the Court got under way the business in
hand WAS rapidly disposed Of. The
grand jurors finished their work, mlde
their l're<eitineut and We're discharged
on Tuesday afternoon. The present.
ment IS published elsewhere il this pa
per. Tn. fol,oN ing cases were disposed
Of Monday:
The Stare Us. George Grease, selling
li4ior without Il license. Guilty. Sell
fenced 20 pry 4 ii le Of twenty-five dol
lars or ht. imprisoned j.: the Pcnitcr-
tia:y i"r nIi,. nionti.
The Sat" V. Siat!rack Gihbe>, selling
ligHor without; lic,n>e. Not guilty.
The S:;,;e vS. .Johl Simpson. burglary
and larceny. Plead guilty to grand lar
cery and WAS scuteirei 20 three years
in the Peni:en:iary.
TIL" State vs.. Will Ruff, larceny.
Guilty. Sentenced TO Two years and
six months in the Penitentiarv.
The Safe vs.. Irwin Jones, assault
with attempt to rAvish. Guilty. Sen
tened to ten years in the Penitentiarv.
Jones i i small negro boy about -
years Old. The assault Was made on d
little white girl about years old.
On Tuesday morning the trial OF
George tombstone, charged with the
murder If j. B. Jones, was begun and
occupied all of the day. 1t was our pur-
"cs. 10 publish the testimony in this
case, bit there is So much Of it that it is
impossible for US to get it in this week.
and in order to b. fair 10 all parties We
will 80; publish any of it this week.
Daring The progress OF the case the
Court room was crowded. Very little
trouble was had in the selection OF the
jury. The following jury was charged
with the trial OF this cause: Spencer G.
Welch, foreman, J. Thos. Smith, S. S.
Cunningham, J. D. Eargie, F. NJ. Schum-
pert, Ja~. S. Spearman, J. B. kempson,
J. Pat Blair, Vim. H. Shannon, John
S Harmon, Matt w. Barre, Drayton L.
Ham.
The whole Of Wednesday was devoted
to the trial OF this case and at 5 o'clock
the Judge finished his charge and the iu-
~ retired. After an absence OF five min
utes they returned verdict of mot gull
ty."
Col. Johnstone was represented by
Gen. Y. J. Pope, Col. O. L. Schumpert
and J. Y. Culbreath, Esq. Solicitor Dun
can conducted the prosecution. Argu-
mepts were made by Gen. Pope and Col.
Schumpert for the defense, and by Solic-
itor Duncan for the State.
The verdict is no surprise as it has been
the opinion all along that the defendant
would be acquitted. Considerable inter-
est was manifested in the trial on account
of the high social standing of the parties
interested in the unfortunate affair.
After the conclusion of this case the
court adjourned until this morning.
There are several cases yet to be tried
and the court of sessions will likely not
be adjourned before tomorrow.
present,nen1 Of Grand Jury.
70 His Honor J. J. Norton, Presiding
Judge:
The grand jurors at the close OF their
labors for this term Of the Court would re-
>pec;fully submit the following report:
That they have carefully considered
all bills handed To them by the Solicitor.
That all the offices have been exam
ined during their term and found in
good condition and the books we'll kept.
We would also call attention TO the rec
concentrations made in former present
menls in reference to jury rooms, and
to furniture for the bar in the Court
room, widening OF the highways, and to
the repairs inside the jail.
Ii has been reported to the grand jury
by the chairman Of the Board of Health,
DR.. James Mcintosh, and other citizens,
that a butcher pen on the plantation of
J. j. Lane, about one mile from the
Court House, is Il very offensive nuis-
ance and is detrimental to the health Of
the town, and We earnestly recommend
that the same be abated at once.
Complaint has been made to us that
public roads ana bridges in different
portions Of the county are in bad condi-
tion, and we recommend that they be
put in good condition Immediately. We
respectfully call attention TO the fact
that some recommendations made here
have been made in TWO successive pre-
seulmcuts heretofore and no attention
has been paid To them.
We respectfully tender our thanks to
C. l. Blea>e for assistance rendered the
grand jury without charge.
II. &. MoSeiey, foreman, C. c. Nc
Whirter. J. ID. a. kibler, Lambert L.
Moore, w. p. Mccullough, B. +. Can
uon, G.. X. Baker, O. Wells, David Pitts,
ThoS. S. Blair, G. w. Bowers, 2. Bo-
land, Z. B. Warner, John Baker.
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